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Subject:Re: a Frame question From:Michael Lewis <lewism -at- BRANDLE -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:35:20 +1000
Assuming you're documenting something in the Unix environment, I
recommend that you don't use the ligature. I think -- though I was wrong
once before, a few years ago :-^) -- that the conventional spelling is
with the a and e separated.
joanne grey wrote:
>
> Could some kind Frame user help me? I'm working on
> a manual that refers to daemons - lots of them.
> The client wants the "a" there, and I know there
> is (or was) a way in Frame to insert the "ae"
> ligature, but I can't find it in the docs. I'm
> using 5.5.3 on NT. Does anyone know the key
> sequence for this character?
>
> Thanks, thanks, and thanks!
>
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